[Bill Shawn] didn't edit the writers very strongly, but he knew what he wanted.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

Supernatural breakthrough requires supernatural expectations.

Excessive talking about our plans and dreams lessens our energy to do what is needed to achieve them.

You're not prepared physically or mentally to pick a fight with a thousand-year-old vampire." he said. 'He is more cunning and far more ruthless than you.''Maybe I'll surprise you, ' I said. . .

I'd like to be seen as an average Australian bloke. I can't think of... I can't think of a nobler description of anybody than to be called an average Australian bloke.

You don't want to buy a surprise, because then the surprise is how awful it looks on you.

Let's just say I can never be cast again after Ron Swanson. Then I have a life of theater and woodworking and my wife to look forward to, and that doesn't make me anything but very happy.

Never serve oysters in a month that has no paycheck in it.

Nothing replaces being in the same room, face to face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions.

Every choice gives you a chance to pave your own road. Keep moving. Full speed ahead

You feel like telling him you're not single in the way that he thinks you're single. After all, you have yourself.